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, J. A. AMBLER.

BOOT TREE. No. 249,867. Patented Nov. 22,1881.

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JAMES AMBLER, on NATIGK, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT-TREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,867, dated November22, 1881.

Application filed October 17, 1881.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. AMBLER, of Natick, Middlesex county, Stateof Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improvement in Boot- Trees, of whichthe following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a specification.

This invention consists in a boot-tree having an independent metalshield to more or less cover the front or knee piece of the tree,combined with a foothinged to the said shield, preferably composed ofsheet metal.

Figui e lrepresents, in side elevation, at boottree containingmyimprovements; Fig. 2, a sectional detail, showing the foot'piece swungback on its hinge or pivot; Fig. 3, a section on the dotted line 00 00,Fig. 2. Fig. 4: isa rear side elevation of part of the foot-piece andits connected metal shield and Fig. 5 a front elevation, showing thejunction of the shield and foot.

The front a and back I) of the tree may be of any usual construction,and may be composed either of wood or of cast metal, made hollow for thereception of hot air, as may also be the foot 0, to thus permit allparts of the tree to be heated, as. provided for in patents alreadyissued to me. p

In trees as usually made the foot-piece is connected with the frontpiece by means of a hook, which, at the proper times, is acted upon tocause the hook to be operative and confine the foot. In this myinvention I dispense with such hook and attach the foot by a hinge or 35 joint, 0, directly to a short block or section, a

which abuts against the lower end of the front piece of the tree, thesaid section a serving as the base or holder for thelower end ofashield,

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(shown as a metal plate,) curved and fitted closely to and so as tocover the outer face of the front piece, a, for more or less of itslength. The male part 2 of the joint 0 is so shaped or tapered that itsportion of greatest diameter falls just within the surface of the top ofthe foot-piece 0, thus obviating a space, slot, or crack at the junctionof the foot and block or plate which might produce a mark or crease onthe leather at the instep of the boot.

The tree may be expanded and contracted in any usual way. Whencontracted the operator, as he grasps the foot of the boot to draw it fxom the tree, at the same time draws the foot 0 of the tree from thefront and back pieces, the metal piecef also coming off from thefrontpiece.

By forming the hinge or joint as described, and employing the shield f,the front of the bootleg and instep may be treed and finished perfectlysmooth.

The portion a may be made of metal and be integral with or attached tothe shieldf.

The shield and foot maybe easily taken from the boot when they have beendrawn from the front and back parts, as stated.

, I claim- The combination, with the front and back parts of a boottree, of a shield and foot hinged thereto, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES A. AMBLER.

Witnesses GEO. W. GREGORY, B. J. NoYES.

